St Andrew's Anglican Church with funding from Central Lakes Trust provides aged-care support in the Cromwell Community. Their key goals are to support the two Cromwell rest homes in giving pastoral, emotional and where appropriate spiritual care; visit any isolated and lonely folk in the Cromwell Community; and establish other initiatives to bring stimulation to the lives of our aged-care folk.
Their Aged-Care Support Lead Worker is supported by a small but growing team of volunteers to provide a variety of programmes at the rest homes, Cromwell Library, in people's homes and at the Anglican Church and Hall. The more people they have assisting, the more aged-care folk they can reach out to.
The St Andrew's Aged-Care Support Team run an afternoon programme to help stimulate the aged-care residents at Ripponburn Rest Home. This uses You Tube clips on a Big Screen, using a range of topics (eg. history of Cromwell and local surrounds, bios on various authors, and other topics that are of interest to residents) to stimulate discussion and create a social environment. Once a month a Circle Time discussion is offered, prompting the residents to share their life stories. This afternoon programme is also offered to the aged-care folk from the community at St Andrew's Anglican Church as they also have a big screen, the internet, heating and comfy chairs.
The Afternoon Assistant's role involves:
As this initiative gets established the Lead Worker is looking for someone who could run a session with support, so if you feel like joining in the fun, come and assist, observing how everything is done.
You will build up your kete of listening skills and starting conversations by shadowing the Lead Aged-Care Support Worker through doing it and with training; and you will give much needed support to the Lead Worker, plus be part of a small, but growing team of volunteers who bring joy to the lives of others.
Benefits of volunteering in this role:
A Police background check is required for this role.
The first step is to express your interest by filling out the form below. We will then put you in touch directly with the organisation for more information on the role and how to proceed.
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